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Retail gasoline prices rose a fraction of a penny in the past three weeks, stabilizing after a steep climb of 21 cents a gallon since early June, an analyst said Sunday.

The average price for a gallon of self-serve gasoline nationwide, including all grades and taxes, was $1.75 Friday, according to the Lundberg Survey of 8,000 stations. That was up about 0.29 of a cent since the last Lundberg Survey was taken Aug. 22.

DUCT-TAPE SOLUTION: Airplane passengers subdued and then duct-taped a man who was pacing the aisle and reading loudly from the Bible during a United Airlines flight from Hawaii, police and witnesses said. No one was injured, and the man was handed over to authorities after the plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport early Sunday, said Sgt. Carl Sansbury of the airport police.

APPLE VS. APPLE: The Beatles' record company, Apple Corps Ltd., said Friday it was suing Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple Computer Inc. because the technology company violated a 1991 agreement by entering the music business with its iTunes online store.

The 1991 agreement dealt with the future use of the name "Apple" and of both companies' well-known logos. The Beatles' suit, filed in London, sued on July 4 to seek an injunction enforcing the terms of the 1991 agreement and monetary damages for the alleged contract breach.

MOOSE TELLS LITTLE: The book that Charles Moose gave up his police job to write reveals little new about the three-week sniper investigation he led, but focuses much on his life, race, criticism of the media and the ethics controversy over the book itself.

"Three Weeks in October" goes on sale Monday, nearly a year after the Washington, D.C.-area sniper shootings started.